Author: Ramkumar R

  • Concert for Naada Inbam, Chennai – 28 Dec 2010

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Prashant Prasad. The concert was organized by Naada Inbam as a part of their music season concert series. The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Prashant Prasad Violin: Bombay Anand Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Venue:  Ragasudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai   List of songs: 1)…

  • Concert for Sruthi Arts Academy, Madurai

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Niranjana Srinivasan. The concert was organized by Sruthi Arts Academy, Madurai & Shri Krishna Sweets as a part of their Eppadi Paadinaro series. The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Niranjana Srinivasan Violin: T.S. Ganesh Kumar Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Venue:  TVS School, TVS Nagar,…

  • Concert for Sri Kapali Fine Arts

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Vidya Subramanian. The concert was organized by Sri Kapali Fine Arts as a part of their music season concert series. The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Vidya Subramanian Violin: Arunachala Karthik Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Venue:  Gokhale Shastri Hall, Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore, Chennai List of…

  • Concert for Kartik Fine Arts – 16 Dec 2010

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Niranjana Srinivasan. The concert was organized by Kartik Fine Arts as a part of their music season concert series.   The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Niranjana Srinivasan Violin: K.P. Nandini Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Venue:  Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai  …

  • Concert for Kartik Fine Arts – 11 Dec 2010

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Iyer Sisters. The concert was organized by Kartik Fine Arts as a part of their music season concert series. The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Iyer Sisters – Srividhya Iyer & Sudha Iyer Violin: Anuthama Murali Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Venue:  Narada Gana…

  • Concert for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

      Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Smt. Niranjana Srinivasan. The concert was organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan as a part of their music season concert series.   The song list was as follows:   Vocal:  Smt. Niranjana Srinivasan Violin: Shri Giridhari Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Venue:  Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada St.,…

  • Concert for Nungambakkam Cultural Academy – Chennai Music Season

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Shri. B.V. Ganesh. The concert was organized by Nungambakkam Cultural Academy as a part of their music season concert series. The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Shri B.V. Ganesh Violin: Shri Nagarkoil A. Anand Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Venue:  Ramarao Kala Mantap, Karnataka Sangha, Habibullah Road,…

  • Concert for Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Smt. Vidya Subramanian. The concert was organized by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha as a part of their annual Gokulashtami series.   The song list was as follows:   Vocal:  Smt Vidya Subramanian Violin: Shri Prashant Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar Khanjira: Shri Sunil Kumar Venue:  Sri Krishna Gana Sabha,…

  • Concert for Bharat Kalachar (Yuva Utsav)

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Bharathi Ramasubban. The concert was organized by Bharat Kalachar as a part of their Yuva Utsav 2010. The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Bharathi Ramasubban Violin: Chidambaram Badrinath Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue:  YGP Auditorium, PSBB School, T. Nagar, Chennai (Bharat Kalachar) List of…

  • Concert for Veenavadhini (Vocal: Shri Adoor P. Sudarsanam)

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Shri Adoor P. Sudarsanam. The concert was organized by Veenavadhini (run by vainikas Smt. Jaysri and Shri Jeyaraaj Krishnan). Personally, it was a very satisfying concert. Shri Sudarsanam is singing tomorrow at Sastri Hall, Chennai at 6 PM with Dr. Hemalatha on the…

  • Dr. Pinakapani – 98*

    Shri Lalitharam Ramachandran spent two days with 98 years “young” Sangita Kalanidhi Shri Sripada Pinakapani recently at his home in Andhra Pradesh and has documented his conversations with the maestro in his blog post http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/dr-pinakapani-98/ .  The English version of the same (translated by Shri V. Ramnarayan) has been published in…

  • Avani Avittam (Upakarma)/ Gayathri Japam 2010

    Just thought of providing links to a few helpful sites I found on the net for those who plan to do Avani Avittam/ Gayathri Japam by themselves and are looking for documentation on the procedure: http://www.trsiyengar.com/id62.shtml http://www.prapatti.com/ http://www.vadhyar.com/Upakarma%20Mantram.php PS: I am not connected with these web sites and do not…

  • Peepli Live

    Certainly one of the best movies I have seen this year. A satirical take on the serious issue of farmer suicides in the country and a very good depiction of how politicians and media typically work/react. Wonderful performances by the cast. Kudos to Anusha Rizvi and her team and to…

  • Chennai (December) Music Season 2010 – 2011

    Must be wondering why a post on this when August has just about started. Just to inform that I have started compiling this year’s Chennai (December) Music Season schedule (2010 – 2011) from different sources  in the Concerts in Chennai page of this blog (https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/). Will keep updating as and…

  • Concert for Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (2010 Gokulashtami Series)

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Subhiksha Rangarajan at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, in their annual Gokulashtami series. The song list is as follows: Vocal:  Subhiksha Rangarajan Violin: Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Khanjira: G. Hariharasarma Venue:  Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, Chennai List of songs: 1) sarasUDa…